When The Reds Come

The sound of Ak-47's firing and the roar of a creature resounded as a battle between soldiers of the red army and a flying lizard erupted. “WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING!?” Yelled an older man who gazed at the beast. “Get to safety, old man, yelled a man in a military officer uniform. His face had a scar.” The man fired his pistol at the lizard. However, his Sakharov PM's 9x18 mm bullets were bouncing off like BB's. Even the 7.62 x 39 mm weren't able to wound the beast. “Just what have we brought to this world.” The man spoke after emptying his entire magazine to the beast. The flying lizard looked at the man and launched itself thoroughly enraged… Forty minutes before, Red Union Date and Time April 16, 1860 In the dessert of the Kola peninsula in Bussia. Near the borders of one of the constituent republics of the Red Union. The Union engineers were drilling a hole down. Their target was to achieve the most bottomless pit humanity has ever accomplished. Another reason was to study if there are any available natural resources. The engineers of these operations did this inside a giant silo, where the entrance is an elevator. This silo is not a container for agricultural products. As the silo itself is the foundation and the drill's motor was installed. This is where all of the excavation and scientist teams were doing their operations. The lead scientist and engineer Savva Lebedev looked at the giant drill they are using. He was filled with amazement as he gazes at the massive equipment. Savva was an older man in his fifties. His stomach was also round. He had white hair and a white beard. “Sir Savva, I see that you are still awestruck by this project.” Savva turned around to see who spoke those words. As he looks behind, Savva saw a man wearing a green military officer uniform. The man is somewhere in his thirties and had the look of a warrior from his scars. “Lieutenant General. Aleksei Vorobev, I did not expect a man like you to visit this place. Especially while those guys from the Democratic Republic are starting to invade our allies in South West Asea.” “Don't worry about them, Dr. Savva, as we have asked the Dragon Empire to send some help. Also, we already sent some weapons to our allies in West ASEA." Dr. Savva closed his eyes after hearing Aleksei Vorobev. After a few seconds, he opened his eyes and gave Aleksei an intense gaze before speaking, “why is our army not participating in the war?” Aleksei answered Savva, “the president doesn't want our involvement to be far more extensive.” “I can't honestly understand why the president and the Democratic Republic president would not just go head to head in this war instead of using proxy countries. But what's a doctor's opinion when it comes to politics and the military. I'm just an old man who specializes in goddamn gases and soil.” Aleksey looked at Savva with an annoyed gaze before speaking, “I'm glad to know that you know where you should not pole your nose, old man.” After that, Aleksei and Savva gaze at the men below them, working hard to drill the ground. The giant drill's engine echoed throughout the place as it dug through the hardest layers of the earth. Savva, who was followed by Aleksei, then went to the mas holding some instrument. “How deep are we?” The man was so preoccupied with his measurement that he did not hear Savva. So Savva went towards him and tapped his right shoulder. The man immediately looks over his shoulder and saw Savva. The man instantly stopped paying attention to the gadget and greeted Savva with a surprised voice. “DR. SAVVA!? IM SORRY I DIDN'T NOTICE YOU! HOW MAY I HELP YOU!?” “Your too dense. It's not like you were slacking on the job. So do not shout like it's the end of the world, ok.” “Sorry about that, doctor.” “Don't worry about that. Also, what's the status of the hole we are digging.” The man replied to Savva. “Currently, we have surpassed every country's records with the deepest hole ever dug, with twelve thousand meters.” “Good, then continue digging until our equipment will be the one who will stop.” “Ok, doctor, but who is…” “Oh, him, his Lieutenant General Aleksei, his been sent to observe. You already know that the military should always be involved with our operations.” The man looked at Aleksei and greeted him, “Sorry for not being able to notice a powerful man, such as you, sir.” “I don't care about it that much; we are not in the public view. Also, you are doing your best for the motherland.” The man let out a sigh of relief after hearing him. But as they talk, they suddenly heard a loud, unpleasant noise, which had caught their attention. It caused them to look towards the tip of the drill. The man immediately runs towards the safety rails' end as he was at the highest part of the silo. The man who was below and near the drill scratched their heads as they saw the drill struggle. Savva, who also saw this, yelled at the men below, which echoed throughout the place. “What the hell is happening down there!” One of the men below replied, “Doctor, the drill isn't able to penetrate anymore!” “Then increase the power of the drill!” The man who was with Aleksei and Savva immediately replied, “doctor, we have already used the maximum power of the drill.” Savva then looked at the man and raised his left eyebrow. Seeing this, the man gulped due to fear of being scolded. So he prepared himself for anything that Savva might tell at him. “Tell the operator of the drill to lift it. We may have hit something hard that our driller might not be able to penetrate.” After hearing that order from Savva, the man grabbed his communication radio and ordered the drill operator to cease and lift the heavy equipment. So the men below can check what they just hit. The operator was able to revive the order to lift the drill. The people below then looked at the long drill going up—the sound of the driller's engine lifting the drill. The men waited for the driller to be lifted out of the borehole. After a few seconds, the tip of the driller was about to be lifted out of the hole. *KA-BOOM!* An explosion occurred that killed and injured the people below. The blast was powerful that it increased the size of the hole that they were drilling. It even destroyed the silo's stainless steel cover. The soldiers, who were Aleksei's men who were outside, instantly became alerted that made them run towards the silo. Instead of using the elevators to enter the silo. The soldiers just used the holes created by the blast on the lower part of the silo. The soldiers entered were greeted by multiple bodies lying down the ground. Worried, the soldiers started screaming for the Lieutenant General's name. “General Aleksei! Where are you!?” Yelled by the commanding officer of the soldiers. “I'm right here, ” replied Aleksei as he was assisting Savva, who got injured in his leg. “Do you need any help, sir!?” Yelled the commander of the soldiers that had rushed in. “Call a rescue team and evacuate the entire area.” The soldiers immediately helped the wounded men, along with the other workers that had survived the explosion. The soldiers slowly brought the wounded workers outside the silo. At the same time, one of them called emergency medical services. However, the place was in the middle of the desert, and vehicles would have a hard time traveling. So the soldier also called the nearest base for assistance in the evacuation. The soldiers went back and forth to carry the wounded men. However, as the people were busy saving the injured men, an unpleasant sound came out from the hole that had just expanded. It was a roar of the beast that they never heard before. “What was that?” asked one of the injured workers being carried by a soldier. The soldier carrying the worker turned around to see. As his curiosity also kicked in after hearing the roar. “It sounds like some animal. A tiger, perhaps?” spoke the soldier. “Tigers don't sound like that.” replied the worker, who suddenly had a bad feeling about the roar. “How could a tiger even be underground if it is one, ” added the worker. Even the soldiers who were gathering the dead bodies stopped and started to observe the hole, out of their curiosity. But whatever animal the roar came from, it made the soldiers hold their AK's and c****d it. Like they were preparing for a battle. Another roar then followed; this time, the cry seemed to be closer. The soldiers aimed their guns at the hole, preparing to meet the beast that had just made the sound. They then saw dust rising like the wind was pushing it. They also heard the similar flapping of wings to a bat. Hearing and seeing these things, the soldiers knew that if the creature comes out of the hole. They should not hesitate to fire as the flaps of the wings were not the standard size, base on the sound. The hole's size was initially only four meters, but due to the powerful explosion, the spot became sixteen meters wide. Gladly none of the workers fell in the hole. The soldiers waited calmly even Aleksei pulled his pistol from his holster as he felt that the thing was something dangerous. After a few seconds, a bat-like silhouette estimated to be three meters tall and with a width of five meters flew up. The soldiers who prepared their rifles open fired without hesitation. The creature flew high enough that it made the people in the area see the beast form. It was a lizard creature without any hands; it only had bat-like wings. One of the soldiers then screamed, “A dragon!” as he fired his Ak-47, which bullets just bounced off. Multiple soldiers fired at the beast full auto. However, all of their efforts were fruitless as their 7.62 x 39 mm weren't doing any damage at all. Even Aleksei joined the fight with his pistol. But the beast was not amused by the soldiers. So it instantly charged towards the soldiers firing at it. One of the unlucky soldiers had his head bitten up by the beast. The dragon then started rampaging some hapless workers who were caught in the crossfire. Another soldier fell to the dragon's rage as his eyes were poked out by the dragon's claw that was sticking out from its wings. The soldier continued to fire his rifle even he had his eye was still penetrated by the dragon. “Let him go, you fucker.” Yelled a soldier who was just inches from his comrade whose eye was being pulled by the dragon. The dragon's attention then transitioned from his friend to him. The dragon immediately charged towards him. “Runaway, from there, private!” yelled a man carrying a PK, who immediately open fire at the dragon. While the private dashes away from the dragon. However, the dragon chased after him. Even the machine gunner was firing at the beast. The private run for his life, he dashed outside. However, the dragon was just a few inches in, biting his head off. And his body was starting to lose its stamina as he began to slow down. Making the dragon able to catch up with him, the soldier could even feel the dragon's breath behind his neck. He felt like it was the end of his life as the world around him started to slow down. He even had flashbacks of his hometown as tears began to drip from his eyes. “I'm sorry, mother, I'm not able to return home a hero. ” As he utters those words, he suddenly felt something got to pass by him. It was followed by a loud explosion, which caused him to snap out of the slow-motion world suddenly. A roar then followed that screamed pain. This caused him to look behind and saw the dragon's jaw wholly dismembered. He then searched for the explosion source and saw the BTR aiming its main gun at the beast. The private then saw the continuous barrage of bullets of the BTR at the dragon. Which finally put an end to the rampaging animal. The private then tripped down and saw the beast get obliterated by the BTR. Then the carcass of the dragon-filled with holes fell. After seeing that the private instantly lost his consciousness. Meanwhile, above the silo, Aleksei looked at the dead beast. He then asked Savva, “is there a helicopter available that can go straight to Moscow?” “Why do you ask?” “The beast and about this hole must be known by the president and the higher-ups.” Replied Aleksei to Savva.